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A Figure Not Laughable, But Terrible---DISS DEBAR---A Great Criminal with Grotesque Mask; Wonderful Crook Who Without Personal Charm Or Attraction Has Set Nations Agog With Her Crimes Since Her Girlhood.

Sept. 5, 1909

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ANN O'DELIA JACKSON, born Saloman, as "A-Diva Veed-Ya," sitting upon a home-made throne in the "Temple of the Mahatmas" in Thirty-third Street, and reciting her abracadabra to an audience of silly women, seems merely a jocose spectacle. She is in reality a sinister and terrible figure. View Full Article in Timesmachine »